Water grass after your pooch does

1:58 PM,
Jul. 18, 2013

Written by

Nel Neal

Q. My dog is killing the grass; there are brown spots where she urinates. Recently I have been watering down the spot and believe that has helped. But what can I do for the areas already dead?

A. Dog urine is like concentrated fertilizer and, like it, burns the grass when enough gets on it. Watering right after is always a good idea, as is walking the dog away from the house to limit the concentration in any one spot. Depending on what kind of grass you have, you can either seed or plant pieces of sod to start new growth in those areas again. Work up the dead spots, add some compost and then plant seed or sod ...